Improvement in machines for washing table furniture



J.HOUGHTON. TABLE-FURNITURE CLEANING MAGHINE'.

m. 7,865.. Patented May 14, 1850.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOEL HOUGHTON, or OGDEN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR WASHING TABLE'FURlNITURE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 7,365, dated May 14,1850.

had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

The nature '-,of},n1y invention consists. in placing the crockeryorother articles of table furniture in a machine fitted to receive them,and"then-to wash them by turning a shaft'with arms and buckets soarranged as to throw the water upon thecrockery with force, and thusactin g upon and cleansingeachj and every arti lej.

. To enable (it iers skilled in the art to make and use my invention, Iwill proceed to describe its construction and operation. f

I construct a cylindrical-vessel, metallic or of wood, such as A B C D EF; One side of this cylindersay one-fourth-as at A O E F, is left openfrom near thetop to the bottom. From the sides A U and E F of thisopening are'pieces running back far enough.

the curb and is supported by the uprights G G of the frame. At one endof this shaft is a crank (Z, by which the wheel is turned This shaft 0may be placed at right angles to the direction of the machine or at anacute.

angle, as in the shaft 0'. (Represented by dotted lines in the drawing.)The bottom of the machine slants or inclines-downward toward theouter'end the'curb, so as to give the water a tendency in that directionto be taken up by the buckets and thrown forward into the cylinder andalso to draw the water off when necessarythrough a hole in the bottom ofthe curb. (Seen at 'e.)

Inside thev cylinder A BC D ,E F is a vertical shaft H, resting on the,center in a socket on the bottom, and which passesup through and abovethe top or cover .of the cylinder.

Through the top of this shaft is a hole f,

ork,have invented a new aml useful which I give it a rotary motion.Connected with this shaft is a cylindrical rack or crib g, andwhichissupported by the shaft. The diamet-e'r of the' crib is so much less thanthat of the cylinder as to allow it to revolve freely within it. Fromnear the middle of the shaft, also attached to it, are other wires '5,which converge toward and are fastened to the lowerj and outer rim ofthe rack g. Their inclination from the center of the shaft downward andoutward is about thirty degrees.

On, the bottom of the rack a hoop is placed on edge about midway'hetweenthe shaft and the outer rim of the rack. .The upper edge of this hoop isnotched, so as to hold a plate or dish in place when put into the rack.

' The bottom of the cylinder A B C D E F being inclined toward the rim,in order to tend the water in that direction, the machine is placed in aframe, so as to raise that end which is farthest from the wheel as thatthe top or cover of the cylinder willlie horizontal. In order to showthe operation, Ihave substituted for the cover in the drawingaero'sspiece K, to support the vertical shaft in osition. Dishes andother articles of ta 1e furniture are placed within the rackg upon theconical rack i in any position in which they can empty themselves, andso that their surfaces will beexposed to thedirection of the buckets bin, the revolution of the rack. Boiling'water is poured into the'machineand the top put on. The rack or crib containing things to be washed is.gently'made to revolve by giving a rotary motion to :the shaft H. At thesame time the crank-d is turned when water is taken up by the bucketsand thrown into the rack upon the surfaces of its con: tents, and thiscontinued until they are thoron hly washed. After standinga few min ut sthey become dry, are .taken out, and are ready for use without Wipingand have a bright surface. When the horizontal shaft or is inclined, asc, the force of the water as thrown from the bucket-s .will cause therack g to revolve without other action on it. What-I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,-i3' v.

The construction ofia cylin er witha cylindricalfirack supportedby anuprightflshaft resting upon and being-within and supported bythecylinder, the-rack having within it a conical rack and hoop tovreceive and hold enLirc nmchine being arranged, combined, tablefurniture, in combination with a curb and operated substantially as isherein fully containing a horizontal wheel with buckets set forth.

to throw Water upon the cylindrical rack, the JOEL HOUGHTON. wholesupported by a frame, and by these Witnesses: mechanical means cleansingthe surface of GEO. C; THOMAS,

table furniture without the use of hands, the C. B. HUTCHINSON.

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